Chè Ba Màu (Three Color Dessert).
A colorful, refreshing Vietnamese dessert with three layers: sweet mung bean, red bean, and green pandan jelly or grass jelly, served over shaved ice with coconut milk and syrup.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Servings
- 6 people
- Difficulty
- Easy

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Ingredients
For 6 servings · Check off as you go
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4 stepsCook the beans
Separately simmer mung beans and red beans with sugar until soft but not mushy. Drain excess liquid.
20 min
Make pandan layer
Blend pandan with water, strain, and make a light jelly with agar or just use store-bought grass jelly cut into cubes.
10 min
Prepare coconut & syrup
Heat coconut milk with sugar and salt. Make a simple sugar syrup with pandan if available.
5 min
Assemble
In a glass layer: mung bean, red bean, pandan/jelly, shaved ice. Pour coconut milk and syrup over the top. Serve with a long spoon.
5 min
Cooking Tips
Make the components ahead. The dessert is all about the contrast of textures and temperatures — cold ice, creamy coconut, and chewy beans. Adjust sweetness to taste.
Nutrition per Serving
Recipe-provided estimates; values vary with ingredients and serving size.
- calories
- 260 kcal
- protein
- 6 g
- carbs
- 48 g
- fat
- 5 g
- fiber
- 4 g






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